Date: 01/31/2000 6:37 AM
Subject: Short sale rules
Dear SEC,
Please level the playing field. Many individual investors get burned by
these incredible runups in stock prices that only market makers can
short. The brokerages pump up these stocks and their trading desks dump
them.
I urge you to eliminate current restrictions on short selling, and allow
the public to sell short by the same rules as market makers.
Sincerely,
Jim Mika